Syllabus
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Course Code: MT-CSE-20-13 Course Name: Elective- I - (iii) Wireless Sensor Networks |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction: Overview of Wireless Sensor Networks – Characteristics, Applications, Design objectives & challenges; Basic Components; Operating Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks; Quality of a Sensor Network: Coverage, Exposure. Technological Background – MEMS Technology, Hardware and Software Platforms, Evolving Standards for Wireless Sensor Networks; Sensor Node Structure; Network Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks – Layered (UNPF) & Clustered (LEACH) ; Classification of Wireless Sensor Networks; Protocol Stack for Wireless Sensor Networks. |
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| 2 | Media Access Control: Fundamental MAC protocols; MAC design issues for Wireless Sensor Networks; MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks; Contention–Free Protocols; Hybrid Protocols. Transport Protocols: Transport Protocol Design Issues and Transport Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks. |
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| 3 | Routing and Data Dissemination: Fundamentals & Challenges; Taxonomy of Routing and Data Dissemination Protocols; Location-Aided Protocols; Layered and In-Network processing Based Protocols; Data-Centric Protocols; Multipath-Based Protocols; Mobility-based & Heterogeneity-Based Protocols ; QoS Based Protocols; Data gathering. Broadcasting, Multicasting, and Geocasting: Concepts, Major Challenges & Mechanisms. Energy Efficiency: Need for Energy Efficiency; MAC layer and Higher Layers Power Conservation Mechanisms. |
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| 4 | Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor networks: Challenges & techniques; Node Clustering and its Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks. Node Localization: Concepts, Challenges, & Algorithms; Ranging Techniques. Time Synchronization: Need and Requirements of Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks; Synchronization Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks. Security Issues in Wireless Sensor networks: Challenges of Security in Wireless Sensor Networks, Security Attacks in Sensor Networks, Protocols and Mechanisms for Security. Future Trends in Wireless Sensor Networks. |
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